Recognized worldwide as one of today's most exciting vocal stars, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves continues to gather unparalleled popular and critical acclaim in performances on four continents. Her career has taken her to the world's great opera houses and concert halls. The combination of her expressive, rich vocalism, elegant stage presence, and exciting theatrical abilities allows her to pursue a wide breadth of operatic portrayals as well as delight audiences in concert and recital appearances. Denyce Graves has worked with leading symphony orchestras and conductors throughout the world in a wide range of repertoire. She has performed with Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, and Mstislav Rostropovich. USA Today calls her "One of the singers most likely to be an operatic superstar of the 21st century." In this master class, she will coach preselected vocalists from Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music.

Soprano and Bienen School of Music professor Nancy Gustafson will emcee.

Tickets are $7 for the general public, $5 for seniors and Northwestern faculty and staff, and $4 for students.

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